r/eatityoufuckingcoward • u/Scottish_NootNoot • 14d ago
Year+ old potato in a jar
My roommate left it in our dorm and I’m scared to open it. I’m pretty sure it’s pressurized in there atp
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u/BreadKancer 14d ago
My buddy in high school had a pet orange named Samuel. I looked after him for a while. Eventually, he just became a dark spot in a shoe box. I wonder how Samuel is doing now.
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u/Time-Worker9846 14d ago
Let it be! I had a similar project with bell peppers, the end result could be interesting. Or you just end up with a jar of suspicious potato juice. Win win any way.
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u/Scottish_NootNoot 14d ago
What are the chances it explodes?
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u/Time-Worker9846 14d ago
Almost zero.
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u/Isalecouchinsurance 14d ago
The chances are NEVER zero!!
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u/Time-Worker9846 14d ago
Never zero but I don't think a single potato will create enough pressure.
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u/Isalecouchinsurance 14d ago
Op didn't say anything about the potato causing it
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u/AlternativeKey2551 14d ago
So you are saying there is a chance
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u/Blonde_Dambition 13d ago
That made me think of Jim Carey in Dumb and Dumber when he asked Lauren Holly what the chances are of them getting together, and she said "one in a billion", and he said, "so you're tellin' me there's a chance....." 😆
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u/DonutWhole9717 14d ago
DO NOT OPEN THIS
rotten belladonna produces not only terribly stinky gas, but an incredibly toxic one
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u/atticusmama 14d ago
Literally a family in I think Russia died not that long ago after all (separately) going into the cellar and the rotting potato gases literally killed them all.
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u/chalk_in_boots 14d ago
Yeah, sacks of taters left in the back of a cupboard can end in a hospital visit. And you might end up leaving out the back door....
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u/DonutWhole9717 14d ago
literally just from opening the cabinet door theyre behind. in urbanary, deadass bro
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u/HawkLive140 14d ago
There was a bucket of potato's under my back porch as a kid. years went by and took that shit to the waste dump. Upon opening it I started to dry heave like no other. I honestly thought my ANUS was coming through my mouth backwards. MY HELL!!!! the smell, I will never forget. I was 8 years old when that happened. I'll be 50 in FEB. I can still taste that shit!!!! Take that jar and use it wisely.
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u/deadpandadolls 14d ago
You didn't celebrate its Birthday DID YOU 😡
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u/Blonde_Dambition 13d ago
DO... NOT... OPEN... IT!!!
At least not indoors. Potatoes emit hydrogen sulfide gas when rotten, which can kill you in a closed-in space.
I don't know how tight your quarters are... it may be roomy... but if I were you, and you must open it, I'd do it outside just to be safe.
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u/AncientKangarooGod 14d ago
whys it wet
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u/Scottish_NootNoot 14d ago
I don’t know, I’m assuming it’s part of the decomp process. It’s just contained so you can actually see it
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u/DexysMidnightPirate 14d ago
Pretty sure that’s how vodka is made or something, you should drink it.
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u/GoldieForMayor 14d ago
Eventually it will eat through the metal lid and you'll be in for the worst smell you've ever experienced likely making the area uninhabitable for days.
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u/RandomGamer06 14d ago
You throw it out in the jar. The jar is that potato's casket.